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...offer thee as it is set before thee. Fix thy gaze at what is before thee, and pierce not thy host with many glances, for it is an abomination to force thy notice upon him. . . ." From a hymn to the Nile: "Praise to thee, O Nile, that issuest forth from the earth and comest to nourish the dwellers in Egypt. Secret of movement, a darkness in the daytime. . . . When he arises earth rejoices and all men are glad; every jaw laughs and every tooth is uncovered." From a poet 20 centuries before Christ: ."Would I had phrases that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Utterances that are Strange | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

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